UPDATE: 2024/08/30 18:26 EST BY ETHAN SCHLABAUGH Women's MMA hasn't always been seen on the same level as it is now. It took a while for the concept to be widely accepted by promoters and fans alike.

The two have been arguing over who will become the next face of women’s MMA, which feels like it should be a big deal. Problem is, they seem to be the only people arguing about it. Fans aren’t.

Women's MMA didn't start with Ronda Rousey. Pioneer promoters like Jeff Osborne of Hook-N-Shoot were putting on all-women fight cards in the early 2000's. Elite XC put women's fighting on ...

While Knapp has created a home for female fighters, the beginning of her 15-year career was spent on the men’s side of MMA with International Fight League, UFC and Strikeforce.

Some, including a handful of MMA promoters, believe women have no place in the ring, which sounds like fighting words to the 5-foot-8, 140-pound Carano. "Have you ever told your woman no?" she said.